SUMY IN THE f LOCAL CHURCHES — Strong Sermons and Excellent Mosic Heard by Congregations. sr.' ArnpsTise's. Referring to March a> -the one e»pe-' dally devoted by the cbnrrh to St. Joseph, the Rev. Thame* K. Hlakt, the rector.- raid at tlie 10 .o'ci.nk mi.— Id HI. Augusllnv's Cbun-ti. that li«edof famine-. -Lould make' It a point to pray that they may. be Riven the gra -t- d to follow Id St. Jq-eph'- foote»e|- a- 1 f oat er-fat tier of the HavioOr.'om whom '' . the paator held a- a rail unrqualdl c the paator Held tin -t unrqusl«i

' parent, aboae exsnjl'te should tie «ti Dlat.d. ' Speaklait of tbe aeaaon of Ix-nt, the paator raid that It .la a time for rei-ent ' •see. One should review hta pa-l life and, If be tiaa alutiod. at oboe "amend bla life. The gospel of the day -how - tbal aboii one relapnw Into elu litlaat atate la worae than hla.dtai g|i. the world, when one "goes .back" 0', » friend, be la regarded^, guilty hi ba— Ingratitude. We bare beau pardoned by Christ, yet we frequently ahow tbet we lack love and rrepFci fur the love of the Saviour w bo died fur ire. Pray for the grace to lead devout llvea. Do hot put oil repenting from day to day. St. Peter promptly aeked pardon for bla aloa and woe forgiven Judas dalayad and died In aln. nKsr BAPTIST.' The bapllat c->ngregalnni gatbered Id tbeir own building Sunday morn lug fort ha ordtoauce of .('omtu'iuion which waa preceded bj a aermoo by j the pwator the Krv. M M Lertls, on ' on '-The Sacrifice of Jean- t.-"bri«l." He apoke from ihe text I Cor. I; Si "Thla do la remembrance of me " Id dealing *wlth the subject, Mr Lawle rlvldly pictured the closing •eam of Cbriat 'a active mlnl-try Ib'tbe upper. room after the Hanover feaat." Ha pictured tbe attitude of. the un believing populace eud (heir leader.' Um attitude of tbe dwclplea thm-elve-apd showed that appareo'tly the ei.e (binge person would Ihluk Jeau.- < wooHr want forgotten waa the <11. J graceful death that waa shortly in tie \ administered, bat, on the contrary, fro1 I findXhal tbe ooe oolatwudlng fuatur, ' In tbo 01 per lenee- nf Christ, which He ' laftatfiH more tbao aught elae. and wanted to be remembered, xea Hi- , death Accordingly, He gave tbl- , •ory and death. I Tha paator tbao aaked bow thla eac- ■ rtfiee of an Innocent could atone fur ■ all Un gallty tbe world over.. He il- 1 loot rated It wad dwell forcibly upon ttorfcet that Cbrtet took „ur pthaiiv 1 foe BO. He daoerlbedtboae awful three bour. , pa tbe etoear wheo a deep pall-of dark- | MM Wag over the laud wheo .not a c " aaed Heaped aba llpa of Jeaua until -at I (hestaaeaf thai period Ha broke tbe < -AM— a^jrjtb that awful wail, "My Wf MjrSod. Why beat Tbou for- • aabaa.meT-" Tb». cry. be ewid. re- 1 bum a intend foretold a condition ' The tart waa tbal lbla alulaaa. perfrei Ood..edmlDg fu tbe fle.fi (n , aavaaaa. «a balog made an offering , far M a. He waa id thai time ex per t teMtaflbe torment. of the damned a He wabfcMaftoa of Uud. wbo definite- a If aafi tafiallely waa repudiating ' Hta*. The eary wavea- and billow, of 1 eemw eafipeealty for Mn were .weep 1 toff o*»r Him— II waa tbe awful crUi. ' ta tha aatealtan of rh. ■ ix- , ■ world.

turn Hihliumd In fa. m. Friday fettl He aroae Sunday mornlug. ouly Ood aad CWtat know, bat we can be aHBHd toh He ootooly took the full ( — pries we* a big ooe to pay. Tbl. , weaaeeallad upog L, remember. To —Makes tbe price, Ic remember the toe% and to eaaaaaber the w i.u, "that Hya love me. keep my oommaud . -toaaia." ., SPECIAL SEEMONS tog tooitr Uww IW It. FlrM - - aaatui raaret. . C, — f Mueb tbe paator of tbe Flrat BaptofiCtafeb.tbaRev M. It.Lawte. *hi preach in iff. mornlug* upon the • — e pbaaoa of tbe one text f ,uud in C>nli ■ tonal: 'U.U, "Olve (bank, unto tbe Father, wbo hatb made u. meet to be partaken of tbe uiberilauoe with tbe aetata In llgbl-who bath deliverer from tbo power of darkue-*. a id balb (nutated ua Into tfie kingdom of tUataar San, In whom we bare re toaaptlon through Hla blood, evep the 1 foqpvaaea* of aloe: who le tbe Imag- ; aTlbalavMbleUod. the firat born of ' •vwty mature." I Hla HWeeU will be divided a. fol " Hargb 10. '"Our Inheritance;" Hamb 17, "Oar MMtverance;" March to. "Oar Redemption Easier. -The ImepeefOud." Dai lag tbe evening- of tbe-e dab a (be met* will preach upon four uncareful thought aud «ud> for aoine tad. and which cannot help bur bring amMatree and comfort to many dur tap them trying day*. They do not deal wttb tbe war nor wild fautacie. -Ma hoc Interpretation of the Klbhoa puaeot-day matter. • The »ubjKtare; f Jerumlem in tbe Light of Pro pbacy," to be followed by ba'ptieiu: • "•••to PWKIee a. Revealed lu the 1 —la:" "Tbe Sign, of tbe Time.. and **11# Bride of Cbrtrt." EfTorlr 1 be made to have good quartet j Tecimit-a wae.hcr., Kast Sunday. tbe Preabyterian and ' Method let congregation, will meet in i (be Preabyterian Church for all tbe i . tallai of the day. A member of tbe ' to* toreay Coutsrcnoe may be pre*- 1 oat and preach one or both sermon. M that la not eertain. With ibe-e r am (torn, tbe anion mrvlcm Wtn Cloee. , ■m* M,rcb 17 aaeb oougregwtiot , •*! Haat ta Ua own cbnrch and eo \m\': • — !' > mafropy for d I. play adrrr . ! ?"*'*•** J to* to ofiee BO , I — '-to— "—tar HOJB for luaenion , i *top MtoBpa. Thla rate will be , j f— • ■" adv.. ff

■ ' Doctor Barlow The Result of an Adventure ^ of a Mcdkal Student By. EDWIN C THORNTON | There to trophic among the sin i debtor I he Cordon ro.-dical - ollegc In thg ibgll- r. of obtalnliic anbjecta f-' j 'di.wetWb, Tbey bad been used to s<- j corjise* th the oljj fastilom.l j a-nv. commonly oalleil body snaicii'.nc " calleil

w lo ll U parly was caught red bandol lie lu one of 'tlii-se di-secralions s6 g n -,-1 1 • l ' w a. I lie indignation among ihe clli/en. ft of -the plan- lhat tliey ihreateiicd to ,, tbg leafier caught rybblifg n grate. (l^- one cTertlng Jn.t ticfore dusk Dick . ' Barlow a mcdli-nl student, looking out of tbe hack window- "of lit* jooiii. aaw through ab opposite window of-a build r" house life body of a man- lying Mill » had stabk on a b-«ird. the ends of which he resu-d on barrels Considering •!» fact that Barlow was about to be pre ,.t vented from -following bis anatouilca u course for tbe want of a subject It is . m^rcmarks hie that he war confronted " by a great temptation. " ' The roof of a n addition fir tbe boo-e he waa In afforded en ef0 deacer: to the tuck yard, and the room 1n which ,l" the conwe lay was on the greond Door. ; Tbe removal would be easy, hoi If tbe remover" waa detected tbe couaequence. would be terrible. ' Mr. Barioir about 10 o'clock that "night, with blankets on bla arm. in tended for wrapping tbe aubject which . • he int«<ded to purroln and load In an express WagonJie^had .provided, got t out of hta window on to tbe addition of c thla house and tbence on So the ground i r Hla great dread waa a aireet lamp, thai i - abone across a vacant lot and lighted the scene of bis Intended depredation , ■ lie bad Juat dropped Into the yard i • when the light illuibinalod something r ' that made his blood curdle. ' ; Out of the Window be Intended en I • tering came a man on whom the etree! a lamp shonef revealing tbe corpse Mr a ^Harlow waa going, to ateeL Man. w ,1 ghost or corpse, whatever It -waa. cauic o on. making atralgbt for Barlow, who o collapsed, sinking In ■ beap. a Whether hla fright came from con - acience or a na tural dreed of tbe enper w natural be dldii't know himself. .In si deed, be- was not conscious long k enough after bla Brat view of tbe com tr deed man, to take account of tbe ■ matter, though be afterward aald thai 1 had no doubt the thing was coming tc do blm "Injury. When tbe aludent came to blmself n tbe corpse bad vanished. Barlow got a up. staggered around to tbe front door, tl went bp to bis room, took a pnll from d bottle be bad In bla closet to steady e. and went to bed. But no sleep d. came to blm, and tbe morning found entirely unfitted for bla dally b duties. u He determined to keep hla own coun fl ■el .with regard to bla Intended tbeft a and tbe result And It was well be tl did. Daring tbe day there was a great b hubbub In tbe town and especially In ' r tbe college. It was stated that the | of.' a man In tbe service of an n electric company, wbo bad been killed k by a live wire and bad been laid o.nt In « ■'vacant room awaiting tbe offices of 0 an findertaker, bad disappeared, and li a was' supposed that It bad been stolen <1 tbe students. Barlow beard this ' n and shuddered. He waa not charge, q wttb tbe tbeft but be Imagined thai a . every person wbo looked at blm "bad m him i

'■ suspicion lb bla eye. 1 1 Tbe college authorities ordered a ' f thorough search for tbe body, but with-') e ' out success. For a few daya it was. , I feared that tbe cltlxena would attack - l ' the bulldlngm, and threats were really . . made to tear down the dissecting room j Bnt after awhile tbe excitement died : p out and tbe matter waa forgotten , Arrangements were tpade by which I the atudents could buy anbjecta, and! - there waa no more trouble on this ac ! count. Barlow waa graduated and be i ; came a veritable sawbones. | He waa at once .appointed resident ^ physician to a hospital ta tbe place i , where be had studied and entered npon ' bla duties. One young woman who WB- i 1 atudjlng to be a trained nurse found ; 1 i favor In tbe doctor's eight, mi— Myri. | Btberldge waa an 'object of tateresi | r from (lie fact that she waa known tu I i have bad a "grief. A shadow of melan I i cboly bung over ber; she seldom U.ugb j i ed and nrver Joined the otper nnrees h , their j^lnl, lee that. were got-upfortbel- ' J one oi l 11. most efficient nurses In the ' hospital, end whenever there was need for rarerol attention npon a patient ' j Dr. Barlow rolled upotf her fqr the i j. work.. e j , Having fallen ta tave with Mire EUi f ferldge. tbe doctor set blmself to .wlii ' taer. As soon as she discovered his ta ' . tautum- the tokl blm. that she had bail . a fctfeT. wbo bad died, and she con Id* ' t never love any one else. Bartow was very much cast down at iM, f<„ ' awhile.. but no lover, waa ever yel de terred from poshing a salt against * ' ■ dead rival, and the doctor was no ei 1 - ceptlon to tbe rule He argued that In : i any struggle between a live man "and ' » a dead man the former mast win in the ( *ud. and though be rofrajrjrd fron-pre-.-liix.bts "suit In the nsnal way. be , did ao by little arts of klnitaeas ibst . Were bound to prejudice "the ladv in hi. favor. " * " Dr. Barlow spent one year at tbe boa - pltal. at tba end of which be wonH ; bare resigned to accept a position with 1 i • noted.sjwclaUst Imt for the Tact thai 1 he bad not won Miss F.lheridge. and . feared that If be left the field li ' , would be tantamount to giving up the i struggle, which be had no Intention of ' doing, so be declined tbe offer and ,-n . ' tered npon his second year at the bos ' 1 pltal. 1 Something occurred before the expl | i ration of this second year's work which | t gave the lover tbe victory. Miss Eth- : < : «ldge. from ber devotion to a gaOeo: i . Buffering from a contagious disease ' . caught the malady. Dr. Barlow devot , . , ed tdmadf to her with tbe aame aasld I Btty abe hud devoted beraelf to the pa 1 ttept who had given ber the "disease I ' By a close watch upon its symptoms i ' be parried Jta thrnau 'and erentualiy t : pulled her through. J« Such devotion broke down bar objec - tkma to accepting another lover, and it : was not 5>tig after ber recovery that 1 she showed ber feeling, toward the ! ' tk. had roved ber Ufe and ojwnly ■ renewed hla suit and area accepted , ' J*- ®toiow nuw «« i 1

j entering Ui«uiJil« i-r-ih-s-^ot-aseHl-rJ^Ji • tlclng plivsicbio and la-jne wedded "Sri ; the as OK- time Mlas Bn • i signed fr..n< the h -ilal *nlv arilb 1 at-peared. ard h - 1. -I- rod " • • thglr »!■.•■■-.■ l u . i I and wi-ldioc* OMMN ta Oie u-u»' Tlliaa Elberidga who'tikd rc.«n at ' t.-viH-l pltal ai it to I- mar J |"'-d : be sJtTouigl.-l '.it ii Jbetreaticl . ipsenfed land Other on'- « 1 1 nur*» v ' U bar..! in.|.<witv • - ■ •- wt'h ^ , JprenoraiMin- J 1 1 j Tl- dn> i-f-"S the "I for •' c I w-e,idioc IP It . rt. •* tu •• 1

O! j dot" a t" - « " to j after. l-'Me ei.'. r;-.- ■'*< u> i a Oil the gc->m by »n.« ' er ■ " - cee-l.-t t* a da!* ou wh'.'li • •k usually stood Tlwre 11.. y <v%. •" at be e Vergvnutn In 'the ..-tud.'.ts et a tbe Eptecoi-.. • I-"'- f" J The < etvuiui.y bad^ooo.ddd I- tl- , • from a iv . nt-a Him «b« ' -• '• - la wbeci.d Jrto the ixxon In an ll' ' d fb4,rcnn' " ' | 0 son' « ho bad niaX " - ii.t-- ru; ' ; h The bride fainted, and the gng>m - "• atrggi'r.-d on his fi-ct. w~" ! e • Dr. ,Karl"w saw tbe cqn-sc. or rv.-l - the man lie hr.d Intended to r : t t dent Mw« Kte eridce_sro_hor^ f ■ 1 .She wn« '•■ rri.-d out of the ro vi. ati-l i Dr. Ha ri» w 'waa anpptftisl — I ' The man who Iiad broken In nr—n ' . the wedding, being' Interrogated, f.n- , tbe following statement: • i < . "1 am an electriclan-and" wns s, - • , years ago employed In the Amp- f works, where one day 1 accident ' I received all clegtMc discharge- s . j • posed to U- sulhcl.-iit tu-klil a man i , knew nothing till I found my.-:" „ stretched on a hoard lu a room - l : . was night "l get off the l-.ard, nnJ j k ■tool by a window. Seeing that I vs- j a level with tbe ground. I step!"-' ' out of- the window and,, guided by u | street lamp, walked away. , " which I beiouged and had ns.-d a tb "i | " sand dollars of its funds. I was not j " king In "Inferring what had liappen-v1 | me-vthat I had reoovered and thai j ll favorable opportunity was offeresl f- ,r disappear till I could raise tbe moii.o '' make good my deficiency. "I went Ipto h'nllng 'and -read In II" *' newspn|«Ts of the disappearance c 'J l{ody I tots relieved to bear thai j f" trustees of tbe church made up tin *" in the funds. *1 was eng _• J '' ed to Miss Etberidge. but of cour-- j not communicate with her ] 11 "I have earneo tie money to rclm | 1 tbe cburcb and cauie -back (-•< the purpose of dolng .soi ! was ta! ' and. hearing that the girl I lov.-.: i " | a nurse he're and waa to marry 1 R resident physlrlan. I had 'rtys. it | , bere. last night In-order to pr.- 1 , vent tbe marringe." | This explanation having been trav ! mltted to Mlsa'Etberidgo.and Dr. Bar • f, 'they held a conanltalion. at 1 f< | which no one w-sa. -present excer.i |,i themselves, and. tbe bride. Indignant u at ber former tover'a confesscl n-'-li-c. ; w to ber fianoer Tbey decided I vi return to the wedding room and re i tl ! quest tbe clergyman to finish the .cere j „ mony. It Is nee. I less to say that tin- ' n who" h*l caused tbe tronble wa. ! I ,

| not only not iilvlted to by present !>u! ; ' was exclud.-d. | , ■"I Tbe story, being known to all. tbe'j , ' couple received an oration, and when 1 , tbey were dmen away the window- . | and porches* were filled" with those- j ■ t waving tbein an adien. Dr. Barlow I- ! now one of the most eminent phyrsl | dans Jn the land, and hla wife Is 1» ' | loved by all wbo know ber. j • "l Bini-e this most Important episode o! j his life the doctor has Interested 111 in j, | self In Jhe -matter. of bringing- hack P> j' 1 Ufe those wbo, though they are sup : t posed to be dead. are. cases nf mere j ■_ suspended animation lie has mad- , ' many experiments upon animals, cane' j, Ing their hearts to. cease healing, then , I manipulating the organs with a view t restoring pulsation. He has reeenth p restored tu -life a man pronounced d.-ad p John "iTn4 t1 -tary to tl.e prmidtmt. overdrew lils ac- ( comit ob on«" oci-aslun. wben'he went off on a Taeatlou. and <".>niptro11sr , Tracewell dtallovrod it. When Secre- 1 I tary Doner returned |„ Washington be " told the president al-.ut it. and 1'resl- 1: .dent Mejvmiey telephoned to Traeel ' I well to come to.Uie-Whlle House, (la ' his. arrival' • there Tra<V«.ell was "ask«d. why be bad duuilluwtd that ac-" i count, and he replied I ! "1 disallowed It. "Mr. Prreid.-ut. |«. 0 ; cauae It lakaay duly us c..uiptgoUer of , the jreasni^jiurr .t,,! I|„. p,o&ey of v tbe people froin'ei.ry kind of ml scon-strj.-rion of the Taw If you should „ draw one month's salary lu adyance I , sb-nld certainly disaih-'w ii Pini-lo- , naU Commetvlal Tril.'un.- .; . ' - A Chemical Experiment. j VTben the genial Quaker. Isaac -T f , Hopper, met a buy with a diru fa.-e / or .hands he would st.-p him and In- ' , quire if be ever siudled chemistry lollj"^ *lllj ." *'M"Jer,»f stare! perform a. curl,. us chemiVaT eS*-ch ment.'^ aald j rtend Ho„(OT- 1 home, take a piece of sor;. put It Ifi watw ,ud rub It briskly ou thy hands " and Thee. Tbou ba-t tdea what a , -beautiful ffoth It Will mak? and' how ' much whiter thy aklu will be. That's ' a chemical expertmi-m I advise thee V j It-"— Life of l-a.c T. Hopper, -j,, Why H. Smi.i, | Magtotrat. pri-'iu-r. - ^ ..... | charged win, h.-tilng l-atcn j- i Priromr . .. 'worship Tberharge o -.r,., "Ii ■| . Magistrate, i . . - « are yoe . » i log a.i'r * tl B^annji ' I .11, V - well smile ' W,j* , have been married live years ai.d in j * ah the fight, ae've bad lins ia tbe firat I . time abe bnsoT 'been aide to gixe ine a { , Jolly go..d hiding. Have a cigar. Judge i I j -London Si-ripa. . w So It Was. \ t, Magistrate - 1 our wife sa»a .yog grabbed her by ttie throat Teutonic a J Media cboka.-1'kliadelpbii Ite- ved. , l! 7^

^ytjpse1 W-ndo- Pish Upon Which Hans, o» Mr- At . 'hv. I " * ruing In Black .tewloL r. • >n.- -chateau. , ; . '.'ySyj

j * verger ' siilte renui ln(Dg. he '^aui. -Ton The tfarearoua Su.tee. 1 Suttee." or the practloe Of ImnHdrtl British *g- -I ermui-iu ih tehli Ii I WHS on lw. I of that year that Lord I William HoiitiUik carried a resolution I In council by which all who al.-'tlei' I s.itt.s- we;.- dot tared gujliy of "euipi ' "hie h..m:. We"" lu Ihe year 1817 TOO ' ataDC. hut ; ni--,- the paaatag ..f'tiw- Jet i survival from |.'.*rh.ir.-us . times, fqd pot aancdoocd fa j Hlt^fooUm. tbe pa* i sage In tbe Vedaa supjioitlng it being • a willful Hiistruus!:,!i..ii._ But uq pre toleration Isird William Ik-min. k also auppreaaod thuggistn. arfafeb made strangling a religious rile to |be g.d dres Kali. ' the' First .Universities. I To.fi* precisely the date of the rl«e , <'f the fir-t universities Is Impossible , foHudol. hut grew They were slnrtud 1 wished to learn. Gradually the free, i volutitnry center of learning* became I: the organized affair we know as the i university Among tbe earliest of i \niiles un,! tt,»t. . ... „ it.iv i_.i„ ■ j and Ikdogua.

i.the first land to experience tbe literary ! university was fairly established i,y | the year lOilij. the t'nlverelty of It,* | by 11 mi ami" tbe Vniverslty of Naples by the year 1200. Tbe CnlI veralty of Paris, which owes Its oxt istence to the genius of AbelarO. was j founded about tbe same time.— New | American. 'taan'a Evening Clothes. Many severe tilings have been said of tbe Inartistic qualities of man's dress , In modern times, so that It comes as a plenjliig surprise to'hear a word" spoken ; ^Its defense by no less an authority ! tba» Anlobta-fle la Qandafa. the i«r- t , trait painter. "In the first place." he '• i pays, "people dress very well In tfiese ' I days. Thus, as regards the. tnen, think j I | of their evening dress clothes! Admire ' i the sober lines, the perfect harmony.! ! | dazzling p--int alone In the whola costume, the while surface of the shirt front, and all else Is bla k-bio' hluj? | black. Do 'you know auyihlng , beautiful? Never, possibly, has ' • man's dress been nobler. 'In a ecn- j , I -effect art n..-?Rf lhat titne uw-d to j dress T "—New York World. ' • i > j When Henry 1 rvliig was making one i " of his la-i bugs „f the country be L found hlmsfir wlib an open date la -Michigan Ills manager wired the * manager of a small ojsira bouse In a mearby phe e. asking If be coiild use lug on tbe night In question. "Tbe . following t a- :.ge came bark: ' , "What does Irving do?" ' ) ( i The manager used up ruueb. expen- , islv-e st.a." un Ihe wire explaining tbe , lei", tic f— hits •Irving and for . r J I*"1"" received the f.,'t|, isrlng reply: c i an -, of us* Irving In litis town un- j less In ing can parade."-Judge. - . , j Mexico, Ihe land of W.ntexuma. * oo.'.- "1 1-ica,,,.,. earth- | , q c ats. etc.. has many subtropical i woud.-ra both ia vegetable aud animal fife Among these Bhr Is a afie- . ! e|.s. ;,f - ,, ,x, • them l"o " ' ' " 'ak'"i 6t 1 jS. • — — t»" a ».v j I Tig out a line of clothes aud -t(»- Ihe* Slip, and lets the blosed lot down It, i i mud, that, my hoy. Is th* p.v."-h.. 1 taek-al moment fa, whii-b'to lease u*,at « I wo,uan akine." t The1 Ready 'Romancer. i T,dT '■*. fall ovreboard," ; aald the critl.nl frhxid. i dtoafit r . • ; w ho ne.Vr.- ;, misteki. ' The l-lggrot -E-t. I ,-r.v row swam |Sl«»g»lde. and 1 i c'dn't rwiu tha ' temptatkm to dit. i t him" Waafa. I tagton Star. •ft

^kffjj^fririiHOSEs. | T>. S.ete «' 9-"*'1 '• V*T Irapaf*"' to Thro# loaecta. It, their antennae.' or feeler*, ants . ,.a. n of wbtcb lias lt» telfr the ant wither It ts iH ... ,„.*t tiiat of am.-nemy: • nose di^-ritnloatra belween ,. the i-wn*ose of dlseerning j e I.-U iter Ipiff :.. — . altlevugb ap- t

' I* • .. .! >s old If. :... :ra oi* '-loughig to _ e dlf. 'hey ni l grow op " tlki, th-< f i.dxed l"L beeauso • j Il*-1 v. il. Vo. groan up With Idee* of Gt-ow-9 Cero For Cob Pipea. . . V. : I ska tire devot. si Co I • i :i,to pTp.- iwsb. -The grain Itself ' • - . HI rnreluliy Into proper lengths. _ J c*.,ist*"ucievl ro .1. bluery. Tbe corncob it, ,-h «:m>ke and la espccinlly Ii favor tii Australia and New Zealaud. : 1,|<-:t of 1 snkee Ingenuity. The bcler is ihe fu • orlte wifb Englishmen, who nr.- probably tbe- greatest pipe smokers a Hard Face. cer. tofdt hiiu to cMl ujwn the family of a brother officer who had Just r»-turped-from a cruise to the tropica. .Vinong the treasures exhibited was a large red uud'ldue parrot, wlioae ape qvaran.-e and conversational powers proved in— t - fascinating to the' little While the grownups were engaged In talking over old times Bobby, left to his own devices, drew nearer to the parrot's cage. l«nt on makPresently there was a squawk from the pq'rrot aud a Utile frightened cry frptii Bobby, who ran to his father, exhibiting a bleeding forefinger. The little man was brave, though, as tietitted the son of n sailor. He . away his tears and said: "Dee. |«pa. hut that bird has a bard -face!"— Harper's Magazine. Tha Pries of Eloqusnra. The auctioneer held up a battered fiddle. y What ani I offered for this antique violin?' be pallietlcally Inquired. "Look over. See the blurred finger mark, of remorseless time." Note the (fains of the hurling years. To the merry notes of tins tine old Instrument the brocaded dames of fair France may hove danced the minuet in glittering Versailles. 'Perhaps' the vestal virgins ma'rebed lo Its stirring rhythms In the of Lupercalla. Ha. It Tx-ars an abrasion - perhaps ■ touch of fire. Why this may have been the very fiddle on w I, toll Nero piifyrd when Rome burned "

"Thirty eeuts," said a red nosed man "It's yours T" Fried the auctioneer Cheerfully -What nextr-Cleveland Plain "Dealer. Washington and ths Artists. Writing to a friend May 10. 17R5. Washington (bus described his exper! once with portrait painter*: "I am so hackneyed to tbe touches of the painter's pencil that I am now altogether at their beck and sit like p.-tttence on a monument .while they are delineating ihe lines of my face. It Is a proof among many others of | wkut habit and custom can effect. At first I was as impatient of the request ; and as restive under the operation as | co" '* nf a-addle. The next time • submitted very reluctantly, but with less - flouncing.' Now no dray moves . readllv'to the thrill than I do ; the [ta I titer's chair." . Ths Kind Nssdsd. "Dear me.". said tbe first young wo . taking ber Initial lesson In golf, "what shall 1 do now! Thla ball la Ifi "Well, let jtate,1- said her cpmptnIon. rapld^rtnrnlng the leaves of a , . of ms tructions. "1 presume you j will* have to take a stick of the right ' shape to get It out." ' "Oh. yes; of course," was the some- ■ •what cynical reply. "Well, see If you , can find one. shapiv]' like a dustpan and t "-New York Tribune. Kissing In Iceland, 1 ! Among old lime laws sgalhat kissing . i "lose of Iceland nrqieer to bav'e been | ; ihe uiest severe Banishment waa the . penalty laid down for.klsslng another ' man's wife, eljber vHtb or without her , consent • The same punishment waa elrforeed for kissing an unmarried woman against her will; If it could be j proved that she had consented to be | ; kissed the offender wee etill Uable to flue of n great quantity of cloth for | ' Explained. ^ ~uur at. t.attreseea," said the deal j er. arc filled In the mpulha of j -April at: Vf=y That accounts for IM !• v.— . .:l»le resilient qnallttaa." 't It of those months better i tha: Others!" i "1 hey «... H,e spring months, you t ! know."- Ky hahge." 1 1 ' < HeF Saa Fats. "M oat a .beautiful Utile girl nht la!" "Yes. and. Just think, shell have to] " American unless . be, ' « ability us „ financier tbfin he haa^'r [ shown thus far."— Chicago Becord ll. r , : "1<L / . , i Pretty Unhappy. "*? 1 c ftlllcus— What's the matter, old man? I You look uijhsppj. Cynlcue— I an.I'm almost as nnhatqiy -a"s a woman w ttb a secret thAt - riolxxly wanta ts 1 know — 0iub Fallow. Of all persecutions, that of calumo) ! « the most lntolerabta— UaslltL 1 1 i

; Cut Your Fuel fiill Use half Coal and half Coke. Get the above from 1 C. H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth and West Avenue r , An LflyfitiAP U'eneacy. , EvFv^riyjatfy tuix Its own little delicacies. and Egypt U fanwus for lis r kxboba. The kabiib la broiled meal t but la broiled in so rldiculoua a faah t Ion aa to be really funny. The ped i "ler """a ■ little charcoal furnace . aometiilhg like that In use by our plum- | her* In ft l«. kwps'up * small but , Bre Attached to the side of the , ',r,• «">n skewers "hpti a customer npproaehes.the .hawk er takes a small piece of nipat, mutton or goaL the latter hefagSfte most pop ular. cats It with a sharp Itnlfe into s long riblwn. winds it around the skewI I w and places H upon the charcoal fire. I ?*°r ,lle <!r|l'i'laPi are collected and, with a little salt and spice, make a pleasant sauce for tile ka bob when It la I i " . Ths Pepper Vine. The pepper vine grows .best In a wooded. Valley where there Is plenty of moisture and abundant foliage to pro- , tect It from the heat of the sun. It Is j.glven a rude sort of cultivation. The ] plant It keeping the grass from Its root,, and when the tree near' which It Is ptoiited has mo lower strings or poles are placed ta proper posl ton to enable Ihe vine to V'™JR 'he tree. -lTueeds no further at Domestic Bliss. "Tou ere always reaching for someyou can't afford." Ion."00 "er* °0t "l""5'"! of ,hltt oplnI *"Oh. .is that so?' I "I think" so. At least yod didn't suv that when I projsjsed."- Houston Post t A .Her. Fault j A certain Scotch professor wss left I a Widower ta his old sge. 'Not very after he suddenly snnonneed his | Intention of marry ing again, half apol ogetically adding. "I never would tave thought of It Jf Lizzie, hadn't j died. '—Harper's Magazine. j Simplicity. I am convinced, both by faith sad experience, that to maintain on, -Self Jn this *wnh is no. « hardship, but . p„T time If w. Will lire simply .ml wis,. it. ss tpe pursuits of the simpler nations are .till the sports „f the more artlfl I l. — i bori-au. 'bsTre ',C ,|V*#P*«'' J««r husband If you quarrel all tbe timer I "Y »l*'« l-ei me a box of chocolates we . would never celehratpaper wedding •inlreraarr and "assr-*!—-Is

• ARE you using Edison Mazda Lamps ? If not, why not? They 4iye three times , as much light as the old style Carbon lamps for the same current consumption. \ , . OCEAN CITY ELECTRIC SERVICE of Atlantic City Electric Company .• ' . .. ' ' j . •' ' ! - j i

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